Automatic train-pipe connecter



June v 7,1927. J. ROBINSON AUTOMATIC TRAIN' PIPE GQNNECTER Original Filed March 22. 1921 I NVENTOE. Q L

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ms AT-rozuYs Patented June 7, 1927, 1

' resis s JOSEPH nosrl isou, or New YORK,'N. Y. I

AUTOMATIC TRAIN-IPIPE- corruiiornn.

tApp lication filed artinez; 1921, Serial No; 454,545. Renewed November 3, 1925 My invention relates to improved auto matic train pipeiconnecters, and'it consists in theqconstructions, combinations and arrangements not equipped therewith, and to providean improved coupling head on which the guid-' ing ineans therefor 1s achustably mounted. I accomplish thisendby a novel form of interchange couplingwhich is mounted on the wing ofjthe' coupling head, the wing being pivoted to the head and adapted to be swung-across the .face thereof, thus bring ing the interchange coupling in line with the portin the head andadaptmg t to the hose of the unequipped car. Y

In the accompanying drawings-forming a part oft-his application, and in which similar reference symbols indicate correspond ing'parts in the'several'views,

proved coupling head.

Figure'l is a front elevation of my imv Figure Qis a section thereof on the line 2-2 of Figure" 1, looking upward in the direction of the top of the head, and l Figure 3 is a detailed iew showing the latch for locking the pivotedwing of my improvement in interchange positlon. 7

* liet'erring now to the drawings: Any

' suitable form of; support may be used "to v carry my';improved coupling headandinfterchange, a support such aslthat shownlin. l 35 my United States Letters Patent #1,2 l5,-

' 7 73 granted November 65191-7, for'impro'vements in train pipe connecters, being en-I ltirely suitable." The'co upling head B is'of wardly' extending the conventional butt'face form and is provided with a pair of diagonallyjspaced forguiding prongs 4 the upper one "of which is pivoted to the side of the head as by a ver 7 7 tically extending pin '5. threaded at 6 and means,.such as a key or pin 7, extending "throughperforated ears 8 and 9 OH'SEtld upper guiding prongand heach'respectively.

The upper prong isprovidedwith a port 10 adapted to register with the port 11 in the connecter head B. The port 10 extends through a conventional form such I as the hereinafterf' describedv sand claimed. Among the objects of my invention'is to provide an improved means of connecting a car having the connecter to one with the automatic connecter, the pinj7gisreceive outwardly r diverging Westinghouse type of hose hand coupling 12,jformed with, or otherwise connected to,f i

the rear face of the upper 'pro'ng 4:. The coupling 12, when swung acrossthe face of the; coupling head B,v as hereinafter, de-

tomake interchange with a: car not equipped removed and the upper prongs is swung across the facegofcoupling head, as indicated by broken lines in Figure 2.,QItis it locked inthis position bya rod or latch l3 extending freely through the upper prong 4; and provided with athreaded-end 14 adapted to screw into athreaded opening 15 in the connecter head Bisaid rod 'being 'norreally maintained 1n retracted'positionby a spring 16, and p'rovidedwith a stop 17' one gaging a recess inthef-up-per prong ithus jfipmly locking the rodagainst rattlingv' and The foregoing construction comprehends a butt face couplinghead of the wingtype'in which'aguiding means therefor is pivoted" to the head and may be adjusted"thereonj ior 3 entirelydetached therefrom upon-occasion,

and in which also such guiding means may be folded across the," face of" the coupling head to eflect interchange with a; car not having the automaticconnecter.' The latch orpin 7 may be regarded as means for look ing the upper'prong i" intlie serviceposition while the rod 13 and its handle '18c'on1- interchange coupling 12alwaysf with the 'connecter isa pronounced one, experience scribed, serves toconnect the hose of an'un' a eguipped car wlth lnterchan'ge communicatron with-the head B. When it is desired 5, mf r i stitute 'mean's for, clamping the prongbto l thefaceof the'head with varyingpressures, Y it being obvious that the extent of pressure havingfprovenV-it objectionable to' carry the i v scope of my invention, and while I have il-' interchange s separately'of the head or the connecter. I Various changes of a detail Y character may, of course, be'ma'de 1n my 9- improvement without. departing from the lustrateda practical form; thereof I do not wish to be limited to disclosed,"

the exact construction a adapted to be folded across the face there-' What I claim is:

1. In an automatic train pipe connecter, the combinatlon with a suitable support, of a coupllng head car ied thereby and having a guiding prong connected to the head and of, said head and prong hayingcooperating ports for the purpose described.

2. In anautomatic train pipe connecter, the combination with a suitable support, of a coupling head carried thereby, said head ,jbeing provided at one sidewith a guiding ron ivotedto the head means for er 1 2:) 3r 1 r *mitting adjustment oi the prong with respect to the head, and means for locking the pronginthe adjusted position. i .33.*In an automatic train pipe connecter,

theycombination with a suitable support, of azcoupling head carried thereby and provid'edat its side with a bearing, a guiding prong mounted on said bearing, means for permitting adjustment of the prong onithe bearing whereby the prone may be shifted "relative tothe face of said head, means for rigidly locking the prong in the normal serv- 1 ice-position, means: to permit 'theIprong to beswung-from this position into'the plane of the face of said head, and, means for looking, theprongm said plane.

' 4. In .an automatic train plpe coupling,

thecombination-with asnitable support. of I a'coupling head carried thereby and having 1 a guiding prong and provided also with-an .i aperture; interchange coupling carried by saidprongyand means for shifting'said interchange coupling into communication y with said aperturev I '5. In an'automatie train pipe connecter',

thecombination with a suitable support, of

. terchange into alignment with said aperture,

whereby thehoseof a car not having the automatic connecter may be connected into.

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pling head; V

6.'In "an automatic train pipe connecter, the combination with a suitable support, of a coupling head carried thereby and having an aperture, a guiding prong movably interchange communication with said coumountedon said head, an interchange device carried by said prong, means permit-ting said prong to be folded across the face'of said head to bring said interchange into alignment with said aperture,-whereby the hose ofa car not having the automatic connccter may be connected 'lnto' i'nterchange communication with said head, and means for locking the prong in the foldedposition. 7. In an automatic train pipe connecter, the combination with a suitable'supportfof a coupling head carried thereby, means piv- 'oted on said head and operating under'cer-v tam conditions to align the head W1th a counterpart head and under other conditions to couple said head into'interchange com' munication with a car not equipped with the automatic connecter. v j

8. In an automatic train pipe connecter, coupling head having a port, a guiding prong connected to said head and movable relative thereto, said prong also having-a port adapted to cooperate withvthe port in' said head, 7 l

' 9. In an automatic train PIPG'COHHQC'EGI,

vided with aport, a guiding prong secured to said head and having a portion movable a couplinghead having a couplingface prointo position adjacent said face of the head,

said portion of the prong having a port adapted tocooperatei with the port in said head. I v

10. In an automatic traiirpipe connecte'r', a coupling head h'av nga coupling faceprovided with aport,-a prong for guiding said head into cooperative relation with a mating head said pron bein movable relative to saidheadandhaving a' port adaptedto co 1 operate'with" the port in said-head'fl In testimony whereof; I, hereby afli}: my

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